Brief Life History of Buren Jasper
When Buren Jasper Andrews was born on 6 July 1904, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, his father, Jasper Andrews, was 27 and his mother, Laura Adaline Sexton, was 24. He married Bertrice Mae Bennett on 17 November 1928, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Gap Civil Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1950. He died on 17 January 1957, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Twin Oaks, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States.
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- Buren J Andrews, "United States 1950 Census"
- Buren Jasper Anders, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Buren Andrews, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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